A Clockwork Orange

May 9th 2023

The Folio Society’s Pet Sematary Edition Somehow Makes Stephen King Even Scarier

Featuring illustrations by Edward Kinsella, the new release celebrates the horror novel's 40th anniversary.

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy May 9

March 10th 2023

35 Nerdy Oscar-Nominated Movies That Didn’t Win Best Picture

Science fiction and fantasy films have a long history of failing to win an Academy Award.

Movies Rob Bricken Mar 10

June 13th 2022

An Immigration Advisory for Fictional Dystopias

The author of The City Inside takes us on an educational tour of the near future, pointing out some not-so-bad-really options.

Books & Comics Samit Basu Jun 13

June 5th 2022

5 Action Movie Sequels That Totally Sucked

Some sequels are great. Others should have never made it out of development.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Jun 5

May 2nd 2022

52 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books for Your May Reading List

Looking for some fresh reading material as spring begins to turn into summer? io9's got you covered.

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy May 2

December 14th 2021

The Library of Congress Nerds Out

Return of the Jedi , Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring , and more join the list of films deemed worth preserving.

Movies Rob Bricken Dec 14

October 29th 2021

Image: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Studios, Lucasfilm, and Paramount+

The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in November 2021

io9 picks the best genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and more in November 2021.

Movies Germain Lussier & Jill Pantozzi & James Whitbrook & Charles Pulliam-Moore & Cheryl Eddy & Rob Bricken Oct 29

October 1st 2021

Screenshot: New Line, Disney, and Paramount

The Major Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anniversaries of Fall 2021

Lord of the Rings , Evil Dead , and more anniversaries to celebrate in October, November, and December of 2021.

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 1

August 27th 2021

How to Nominate Movies to the Library of Congress National Film Registry

The deadline for submissions from the public is September 15.

Culture Matt Novak Aug 27

June 9th 2021

Space Jam: A New Legacy‘s Trailer Ups the Drama and the Looniness

At least the Tune Squad has a secret weapon—unfortunately, it was built by Wile E. Coyote

Trailers Rob Bricken Jun 9

September 13th 2019

Back to the Future Has Rarely Been as Loveable As In This MondoCon Exclusive

Back to the Future has so many incredible scenes in it, wouldn’t it be special if you could commemorate them all on a single poster? Don’t worry. Mondo has you covered. MondoCon, the company’s poster art and culture convention, happens this weekend in Austin, Texas and with it comes dozens of brand new posters made…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Sep 13

March 21st 2019

MoviePass Co-Founder’s New Startup Must Be Stopped

The co-founder of MoviePass wants to make going to the movies more affordable, so long as you’re comfortable submitting to mandatory ad watching and creepy surveillance tech. PreShow, an invitation-only service launched by Stacy Spikes, uses facial recognition software to make sure you are actively tuning into a hellacious amount of ads. In return for…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Mar 21

September 12th 2016

These New Posters Make Your Favorite Scifi Movies Look Better Than Ever

Where can you see Ghostbusters, Batman, Ex Machina, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Scott Pilgrim, Big Trouble in Little China, and Alien all at the same time? At Craig Drake’s latest show at the Hero Complex Gallery, or right here. This past weekend, the artist opened his third solo show with art from those properties and…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 12

April 20th 2016

We’re Transfixed by This Striking (and Incredibly NSFW) Clockwork Orange Poster

No, you don’t have clamps holding your eyes open. It just feels like it when you look at this gorgeous new movie poster from artist Nikita Kaun, who has taken the Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, and made an image that just begs to be stared at for a very long time (and is also…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 20

October 20th 2014

The Garcia Effect Nitpicks A Clockwork Orange So You Don’t Have To

The most famous scene in the film A Clockwork Orange is the one in which Alex DeLarge goes through a brutal conditioning process to give him an aversion to violence. But aversion conditioning is not as simple as that, and the Garcia Effect shows why. Conditioned Responses A Clockwork Orange doesn’t have heroes, but it…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 20

June 9th 2013

Stunning Behind-the-Scenes Photos Show Iconic Movies in a New Light

We love the magic of the movies, that trickery that lets us believe in beautiful robots, time-traveling scientists, wolf men, and flying superheroes. But sometimes it’s fun to peek behind the curtain, and see the secrets and candid faces behind our favorite films. Photos from the set of Metropolis (1927, dir: Fritz Lang), taken by…

Movies Vincze Miklós Jun 9

May 5th 2013

Do authors ever prefer the movie to their own book?

It’s common to say that the book is always better than the movie, but sometimes that isn’t true. Occasionally, a movie will come along that transforms its source material into something greater than the original. But how often do authors feel that a film adaptation has truly trumped their own work? It’s natural for authors…

Movies Lauren Davis May 5

May 4th 2013

Classic novels visualized according to their color content

Graphic designer Jaz Parkinson‘s Colour Signatures is an interesting way of visualizing books. She pulls out all of the references to color in a single novel or play, tallies them up, and graphs the color scheme for each book. Parkinson explains the ongoing series on her blog: These are my colour signatures, an ongoing collection…

io9 Lauren Davis May 4

September 1st 2012

Just how obsessed was Stanley Kubrick with one-point perspective? Watch this video to find out

There are some directors whose movies are instantly recognizable, and Stanley Kubrick is easily among them. One thing that makes Kubrick’s movies so unusual is his heavy use of one-point perspective, to focus in on a single character or object, and often to create a sense that we are trapped within the scene rather than…

Movies Lauren Davis Sep 1

April 5th 2012

The Most Inappropriate Science Fiction Movie Thongs on the Internet

You’ve seen our collection of Avox Thongs from the Hunger Games and Twilight face panties. But there are actually scarier pieces of movie-themed underwear available on the internet. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-disturbing-hunger-games-merchandise-5893608 https://gizmodo.com/the-25-most-disturbing-twilight-products-of-2011-5860232 The most soul-crushing underthings online might actually be the Brazil, Blade Runner or 2001: A Space Odyssey panties. We searched Cafe Press and 12.50 to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 5

A Clockwork Orange

The Folio Society’s Pet Sematary Edition Somehow Makes Stephen King Even Scarier

35 Nerdy Oscar-Nominated Movies That Didn’t Win Best Picture

An Immigration Advisory for Fictional Dystopias

5 Action Movie Sequels That Totally Sucked

52 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books for Your May Reading List

The Library of Congress Nerds Out

The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in November 2021

The Major Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anniversaries of Fall 2021

How to Nominate Movies to the Library of Congress National Film Registry

Space Jam: A New Legacy‘s Trailer Ups the Drama and the Looniness

Back to the Future Has Rarely Been as Loveable As In This MondoCon Exclusive

MoviePass Co-Founder’s New Startup Must Be Stopped

These New Posters Make Your Favorite Scifi Movies Look Better Than Ever

We’re Transfixed by This Striking (and Incredibly NSFW) Clockwork Orange Poster

The Garcia Effect Nitpicks A Clockwork Orange So You Don’t Have To

Stunning Behind-the-Scenes Photos Show Iconic Movies in a New Light

Do authors ever prefer the movie to their own book?

Classic novels visualized according to their color content

Just how obsessed was Stanley Kubrick with one-point perspective? Watch this video to find out

The Most Inappropriate Science Fiction Movie Thongs on the Internet

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